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Toronto Hydro: 1911 1998 Municipal, T & D ... This is a list of Canadian public and private electric utilities, by province.
As Toronto Hydro moved to digital, other organizations followed suit. The introduction of desktop computers, printers, networks and photocopiers meant additional demand. 1990s: On January 1, 1998, Bill 103 amalgamated six municipal electric utilities into one, nearly tripling Toronto Hydro's customer base to approximately 650,000 customers.
The average annual water and waste water bill in 2006 was CAN$429 for metered customers. In 2006, there were about 72,000 un-metered customers in Toronto. [ citation needed ] In 2007 the City began providing meters to flat-rate customers and upgrading meters of all 465,000 other customers to enable automated, radio-based meter reading by 2015.
Utility bills cover essential household services such as electricity, sewer, water, trash pickup, phone, internet and gas. The bills can add up -- a GOBankingRates study found that 30% of Americans...
In the last few years, it's been hard to ignore rising prices all around us. And it can be especially frustrating when you're making every effort to save money, just to see costs rise beyond your...
The Quebec electricity sector is dominated by Canada's largest utility, government-owned Hydro-Québec. With an installed capacity of 36,810 MW, including 34,118 MW of hydropower, the utility generated and bought 203.2 TWh in 2009, almost one-third of all electricity generated in Canada.
By 1883, the Houses of Parliament and Toronto's Central National Exhibition were illuminated by electric lights. [5] And by 1885, public street lighting had been introduced in many Canadian Cities, including Hamilton, Quebec, Montreal, and Ottawa - which became the first city in the world to electrically light all of its streets.
Direct Energy was founded in Toronto in 1986, as a competitive energy retailer. In 2000, the company was acquired by Centrica, the UK-based parent of British energy retailer British Gas. In 2010, Direct Energy acquired Clockwork Home Services making Direct Energy the largest energy and home services retailer in North America.